Overshoe or arctic



(NomModel.)

J. Bv; BELGHER.

OVBRSHOE OR ARCTIC.

WI'TJVESSES WMW/ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN B. BELCHER, CHARLOTTE, MICHIGAN.

OVERSHOE'OR ARCTIC.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,115, dated April 1,18,84.

Application filed December 21, 185B.

.T all when@ t may concern- Beit known that I, JOHN B. BELCHER, acitizen of the United States of America, residing at Charlotte, in thecounty of Eaton and `State of Michigan, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Bubber or Cloth Overshoes or Arctics, of whichthe following is a specication, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings. Y

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My invention pertains to an improvement in rubber or cloth overshoes orarctics, and it consists in lacing hooks and eyelets designed therefor,in the peculiar construction thereof, the method of securing the hooksand eyelets in position; and in the construction, combination, andarrangement ofthe parts, substantially as hereinafter more fully setforth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view embodyingmy improvement. Fig. 2 is a plan view ofthe fasteningcloth, and Figs. 3and 4 are detail views.

The lacing hooks and eyelets may be made out of bent wire, or struckoutof sheet metal, in any Well-known manner. The lacing-hooks A eachhave, excepting the one at the upper part of the shoe, the center bar,a, Fig. 8, the

two corresponding arms b projecting at right angles to it, and the hooksC, arranged outside-the edge of the material of the shoe, and projectingback toward the center bar, a, as shown, and these are designed forreception of a lacing-string for lacing the shoe, the string l i i ibeing held by the hooks and laced therein in shoes having eyelets.

the manner which ordinarily obtains in lacing- The lacing hook and (Nomodel.)

The lacing hooks and eyelets A and B are each formed of a U -shapedpiece ofwire. The hooks and eyelets are applied with cloth arrangedthereon, as shown in Fig. 3, and between the lining and the outer partof the shoe. The method of securing them to the shoe is illustrated inFigs. 2 and 3. y

Fig. 2 represents a square piece of cloth, which is folded on the dottedline F, and then applied to the body of the hook and eyelet, as shown inFig. 3. The hooks and eyelets, respectively, are secured bythe pieces E,and additionally secured by the auxiliary supporting-pieces D, which arefitted between the armsB. This `method of securing the hooks and eyeletsprevents their possible removal by the strain to which they areordinarily subjected. They are attached to the shoe between the liningand the outer part thereof with cloth or rubber fabric so prepared asfirmly to adhere thereto in process of vulcanization, as it is notpracticable to use an ordinary eyelet in connection with rubber shoes. l

Having described my invention, what I claim is* l. In a rubber, cloth,or arctic overshoe, the U-shaped piece of wire A,lhaving center bar,

ways be in readiness to hook and tie therein.

a, and hooks C, for the reception of the lacing-

